venue advice Midlands (ish)

steven70

Hello,

Bit of a long shot...

I'm looking for a Midlands(ish) based venue I can hire and who might be prepared to accommodate a very small one day festival, more akin to a private party (it will be invite only <100 people).

Open to all ideas including dedicated music venues and other 'groovy' spaces (would hire in a PA if necessary) as long as we can be left to our devices and make a noise.

Ideally would be able to accommodate a few overnight camper vans.

Time wise, looking at autumn next year (Oct 2020)

Aware this is quite vague, it's still at high level planning stage. If it happens.

If you have any thoughts, or can put me in touch with anyone, please drop me a line.

Thanks!

midiman1962

Hello
These guys started running a festival a couple of years ago from nothing in the notts derby area...
I think Year 1 & 2 they hosted at Amber Valley rugby club - noticed these now moved to doncaster (i think they got too big for the rugby club).
However they may have a list from their search if you contact them as i remember seeing posts on fb about various venues they were checking out. Hope it helps
https://www.eyupmiduck.co.uk/

Roland

Have you looked at village halls?

steven70

Thank you @Roland and @midiman1962 for the good ideas - much appreciated.
Will drop some folks a line and see what happens.
Thanks

not_the_dj

Whereabouts Midland(ish) would be good for you?

I can recomend the village hall in Napton. They have a large main room and two smaller, plus a nice field out the back. They host their own music festival there each year as well. We've used it for band rehearsals.

http://www.jimsleight.com/napton/village-hall

EricTheWeary

Hoar Park in Warwickshire. Craft shops and restaurants and a children’s farm. They have a large barn that they hire out and a field that they rent out plus ( IIRC) a small area for camping with basic facilities. I went to a camping rally there, we had the field and then the whole area to ourselves after the shops shut at 5pm. It was certainly quite loud and there are no immediate neighbours, the music was shut off at 11pm although wether that was an agreed curfew or self imposed I don’t know. 

The Drum and Monkey, Upton Upon Severn. Which is a pub with a small campsite and there is an adjoining field where they have a few small festivals ( I guess you’d need marquee hire, etc). 

steven70

Superb- thank you @EricTheWeary ; and @not_the_dj ; - I'll check them out.
Much appreciated